Charlotte Brontë poem captures woodland

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An “extremely rare” poem written by Charlotte Brontë when she was 13, in
handwriting so small it can only be read easily with a magnifying glass, is
expected to sell for up to £45,000 at auction. The author of Jane
Eyre wrote about 200 poems, but the 16-line verse, I’ve Been
Wandering in the Greenwoods, is among her earliest. It is signed and
dated December 14, 1829.

A spokesman for Bonhams, in London, where the manuscript will be sold next
month, said: “Poetical manuscripts by Charlotte Brontë are extremely rare —
only two others have been sold at auction in 40